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Author, Title, Summary	Subject	Price
Alfred Bunn (1796-1860), theatre manager, lessee of Drury Lane and Covent Garden Theatres [Anne Mathews [nee Jackson] (d.1869), second wife of the actor Charles Mathews (1776-1835)] Autograph Letter Signed ('A Bunn') from the theatre manager Alfred Bunn to the widow of the actor Charles Mathews, praising her husband while defending an accusation of inconsistency on his part. With two notes by Mrs Mathews. 3pp., 12mo. Fair, on aged paper. Mathews begins by quoting contradictory passages from letters of Charles Mathews, one from Mrs Mathews' 'Memoirs of Charles Mathews, Comedian' (1839) and the other from Bunn's 'The Stage: Both before and behind the Curtain' (1840). Regarding a performance in...	Music and Theatre	£150.00
William Hazlitt , Jr (1811-1893), English author and translator. Autograph Note Signed "Willm Hazlitt", author-son of critic, William Hazlitt, to unknown correspondent. One page, 12mo, good condition. From a batch of letters, many of which are addressed to A. Williams of the "Liverpool Mercury", but no certain identification. Hazlitt says, "I send you sundry autographs, genuine as imported. I will not forget your wishes in this respect when other notable...		£45.00
William Stubbs, (1825–1901), English historian and Bishop of Oxford. Autograph Note Signed William Stubbs, historian, to [A. Williams of the Liverpool Mercury]. One page, 12mo, good condition. From a batch of letters most of which are addressed to A. Williams of the Liverpool Mercury. I am afraid that I cannot tell you of any book on English history during the period you mention which can be recommended without reserve. / The best I know is Mr....		£35.00
Wolfgang Schneiderhan [Wolfgang Eduard Schneiderhan; Wolfi Schneiderhan] (1915-2002), Austrian classical violinist Autograph Signature of the Austrian classical violinist Wolfgang Schneiderhan, written when touring England at the age of fifteen, and signed 'Wolfi Schneiderhan'. On rectangle of pink paper, removed from autograph album. In good condition. Reads 'Wolfi Schneiderhan \| 1930.'		£35.00
John Balsir Chatterton (1804-1871), harpist to Queen Victoria [Henry G. Times, London surgeon] Autograph Note in third person by John Balsir Chatterton, harpist to Queen Victoria, to Henry G. Times. 1p., 12mo. On bifolium with mourning border. With mourning envelope addressed by Chatterton to the surgeon 'Henry G. Times Esqre. \| Manchester Street \| Manchester Square'. Fair, on lightly-aged paper, in aged envelope. The note reads: 'With Balsir Chattertons [sic] best thanks. \| Sunday \| 32...		£38.00
Frederick Bentley & Co. (Late Thomas Harrild.) Printers, Engravers, Designers and Lithographers, Shoe Lane, Fleet Street, London [trade cards; printing] Trade card for 'Frederick Bentley & Co. (Late Thomas Harrild.) Printers, Engravers, Designers and Lithographers, Shoe Lane, Fleet Street, London', with engraved illustration of works on one side and 'Almanack for 1870' on the other. Landscape card, 7.5 x 11.5 cm. Designed to show off the firm's capabilities, and printed on one side in purple, green, light brown and gold, with fancy lettering within florally-decorated body and border, around a small central illustration of three men working a press. Printers' details in...	Book Trade History	£56.00
[Doctor L. M. Shuster; A. A. Bogomoletz National Medical University, Kiev, of the Medical Institute of the Ukraine] [ Russian text; medical; Kiev ] Photographic album of the graduation of the pediatrician Doctor L. M. Shuster from the A. A. Bogomoletz National Medical University, Kiev, of the Medical Institute of the Ukraine. Landscape 8vo album, containing eighteen leaves in embossed light-green card, each carrying a 17.5 x 23.5 cm black and white photograph. In embossed brown waxed imitation-leather cloth. Lightly-aged but good. The first photograph is of Shuster, and this is followed by three photographs each...		£150.00
Mary Bell, Victorian novelist, author of 'By Northern Seas' (1897) A Book of Counsels for Girls. Published under the direction of the Tract Committee. 12mo, 96 pp, followed by four-page SPCK catalogue (with first page listing works by the Rev. F. Bourdillon). Text clear and complete. In original olive cloth binding, gilt, stained with damp. Damp damage at rear leaving light staining to corners of last few leaves and catalogue, together with...	Literature, Women	£125.00
John Tweedy, FRCS, Hunterian orator. [Pamphlet] Lecture on the Aetiology of Constitutional Diseases of the Eye Reprinted from The Lancet of Jan. 8, 1887, 11pp., 12mo, original grey/brown wraps, frayed and edges sunned, INSCRIBED With the Author's kind regards	Science, Medicine and Technology	£56.00
Humphrey Lyttelton [Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton, nicknamed ‘Humph’] (1921-2008), jazz musician, author and broadcaster, presenter of the BBC radio panel show ‘I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue' [Humphrey Lyttelton, jazz musician, author and broadcaster, presenter of the BBC radio panel show ‘I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue’.] Autograph Signature written on flap of envelope. See the biography of this much-beloved figure in the Oxford DNB. Stylish signature ‘Humphrey Lyttelton’, on irregularly-shaped piece of paper, roughly 7.5 x 4.5 cm, torn from an envelope flap. Somewhat worn and a little creased.		£20.00